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Coffee Break: How to fight loneliness... with music

Close-up of black and white people joining their hands in the human chain organized 28 April 2007 in front of the Louvre Museum in Paris.
Close-up of black and white people joining their hands in the human chain organized 28 April 2007 in front of the Louvre Museum in Paris.Photo by OLIVIER LABAN-MATTEI/AFP via Getty Images

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by Jill Riley

May 18, 2023

Dr. Vivek Murthy, the U.S. Surgeon General, recently released an 85-page advisory declaring loneliness a new public health epidemic in the United States.

When we’re thinking about how to fight loneliness, there are those songs that connect us and bring us together. Let’s listen to some music that rallies us and reminds us that we’re all in this together.

For today’s 9:30 Coffee Break, which songs that help us feel less alone and inspire connection should we play?

Respond with your song ideas in the comments below.

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